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Trial dates still to be set for Bindra
By Delon Shurtz on March 27th, 2021
A 33-year-old man who is scheduled to stand trial this fall on several sex-related charges, is still waiting to set dates for two more trials on similar charges involving other women. Sohil Bindra is set to stand trial Nov. 8-19 on charges of sexual assault, housebreaking and commit sexual assault, and administering a noxious substance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pandemic in review: A year ago numbers jumped in Alberta
By Gillian Slade on March 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDGslade@abnewsgroup.com It was during these 10 days at the end of March last year that the number of COVID deaths jumped from one to eight in the province. Daily briefings by Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical officer of health, were becoming a daily routine. March 22, 2020 Hinshaw announced there were 226 positive COVID ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Massage therapist waiting for sentencing hearing
By Delon Shurtz on March 27th, 2021
A former massage therapist who was found guilty last November of sexually assaulting a female client more than two years ago, is still waiting to to learn his fate. A sentencing hearing for Cyprian Mudenge was set to run Friday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench, but it didn’t proceed after defence requested an adjournment. The matter returns ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA unveils plan to deal with rising city COVID cases
By Lethbridge Herald on March 26th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips is advocating for the Government of Alberta to introduce new Lethbridge-specific measures to deal with the recent alarming rise of COVID-19 cases in the city. “There are currently 784 active cases in the South Zone with 508 active here in the City of Lethbridge,” she ... Read More »
9 responsesWoman hoping for bail
By Delon Shurtz on March 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge woman accused of robbing a taxi driver and stealing his car more than a year ago, hopes a judge will release her from custody when she returns to court today for a bail hearing. Jessica Mae Eagle Speaker, who is in custody at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, faces charges of robbery, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council approves public art plan
By Tim Kalinowski on March 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council approved a 2021 Public Art Work Plan which will spend $863,000 this year to finish works in progress, and which will fund three new major public art projects. According to City of Lethbridge community arts and culture manager Jillian Bracken, the new projects, which have not yet gone to tender, will ... Read More »
4 responsesAccused bomb maker back in police custody
By Delon Shurtz on March 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man accused of making bombs in his residence was back in custody after failing to comply with conditions of his release. Shaun Ryan Hlavach, who was released on bail last October, had been ordered as part of his bail conditions to report to the Lethbridge Police Service once a week. He ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Multiple local COVID-19 outbreaks
By Gillian Slade on March 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDGslade@abnewsgroup.com There are 10 COVID outbreaks that Alberta Health has identified in Lethbridge and one in Taber, according to information supplied by Alberta Health on Thursday. In some locations there are no longer any active cases. Sunrise Poultry Processors, Lethbridge, now has 92 COVID cases, up from 75 a week ago. The first case ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!39 hospital COVID cases reported in South zone
By Gillian Slade on March 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Gslade@abnewsgroup.com Alberta Health Services (AHS) says there were 39 COVID-19 positive patients in hospitals in the South zone on Thursday morning. Of that number 32 were in Chinook Regional Hospital Lethbridge with seven of those in the ICU. Medicine Hat Regional Hospital (MHRH) had five COVID-19 positive patients and two of those were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council cancels two meetings
By Tim Kalinowski on March 26th, 2021
Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge City Council on Tuesday voted 5-4 to cancel the two Council meetings between Monday, September 20 (Nomination Day) and Monday, October 18 (Election Day). The Council Code of Conduct Bylaw 6125 requires City Council members to perform their functions and duties in a conscientious and diligent manner with integrity, accountability and transparency. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LPS chief commits to accountability
By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh committed to greater accountability and transparency for the Lethbridge Police Service moving forward during his presentation to the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs on Thursday. “Police work is about accountability,” he stressed during SACPA’s YouTube livestream weekly speaker series. “We have to be ... Read More »
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